Provoked again? U.S. warships once again passed through the Taiwan Strait, Taiwan media: the seventh time this year
[Global Network Report] Taiwan’s "United Daily News", "Central News Agency" and other Taiwan media reported on June 5 that the US Seventh Fleet disclosed on the official Facebook fan page early this morning (5th) that the US destroyer Russell (USS RUSSELL, DDG-59) I crossed the Taiwan Strait yesterday. According to statistics from Taiwan media, this is the seventh time the US military has passed the Taiwan Strait this year.
According to Taiwan's "Central News Agency" report, the US 7th Fleet announced on Facebook and Twitter today that the US Burke-class destroyer "Russell" passed information and photos of the Taiwan Strait yesterday, claiming to support Security and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.
According to reports, this is the second time that a US warship has passed the Taiwan Strait after the Burke-class destroyer USS McCampbell DDG-85 sailed through the Taiwan Strait from north to south.
In this regard, the Taiwan Defense Department said on the 5th that a US combat ship sailed from the north to the south through the Taiwan Strait yesterday to perform general navigation tasks. The Taiwan Defense Department also claimed that the Taiwan military had full control of the relevant dynamics of Taiwan’s surrounding ships and aircraft in normal conditions.
In response to the frequent appearance of US warships in the Taiwan Strait, the Ministry of Defense once responded with "three serious". Ren Guoqiang, a spokesman for the Ministry of National Defense, once said that in the recent period, the United States has been making negative moves on the Taiwan issue, including allowing former "Executive Dean" Lai Qingde to go to the United States, the US meeting to consider and pass the so-called "Taipei Act", and many warships The Taiwan Strait and others have seriously interfered in China’s internal affairs, severely undermined peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, severely poisoned the relations between the United States and the two armed forces, and "it is extremely dangerous to release the wrong signal to Taiwan independence forces. China will never allow foreign forces to play the "Taiwan card" It will never tolerate any form of "Taiwan independence" separatist plots and actions. He said that PLA military operations such as combat readiness cruises are aimed at safeguarding national sovereignty and territorial integrity, maintaining peace and stability in the Taiwan Straits, and safeguarding the common interests of compatriots on both sides of the strait.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang also said that the Taiwan issue is related to China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and is the most important and sensitive issue in Sino-US relations. We urge the US to strictly abide by the one-China principle and the provisions of the three Sino-US joint communiques, and handle Taiwan-related issues carefully and properly so as not to damage Sino-US relations and peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait.